vi, 234 pages ; 21 cm

Ch. 1 (pp. 15-40) discusses Christian pneumatologies and anti-Judaism in Christian theology from ancient times to the present. The rest of the book develops the argument that, contrary to Christian supersessionist theology, the Jews do not reject God as Spirit; he dwells in Israel as the Shekhinah

"A Stimulus book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231) and index

pt. I. The Spirit of God and the Problem of Exclusivism. 1. Christian Pneumatologies and Anti-Judaism. A. Pneumatological Anti-Judaism. 1. In the Christian Testament. 2. In Post-Holocaust Theologies. B. Five Theses in Response to the Problem. C. An Alternative Direction for Pneumatology. 2. Ruach, Pneuma, Shekhinah: The Divine Presence. A. Divine Presence in Jewish Experience: An Interpretation. 1. Ruach in the Hebrew Scriptures. 2. Pneuma in Pre-Christian Judaism. 3. Shekhinah in the Rabbinic Writings. B.A Process Appropriation of the Shekhinah. C.A Christian Interpretation of Divine Presence. D. Implications for Christian Trinitarianism -- pt. II. The Spirit of God and the Problem of Evil. 3. Text and Presence: A Hermeneutic of Exile. A. The Zohar: Encountering Evil. B. Isaac Luria: Postponing Presence. C.A Contemporary Hermeneutic of Exile: Meandering Meanings. 4. Holocaust and Holy Spirit. A. Divine Presence in Jewish Experience: Post-Holocaust Interpretations. 1. Pansacramental Presence in Buber. 2. Commanding Presence in Fackenheim. 3. Dialectical Presentness in Cohen. B. Divine Presence as Spirit and a Post-Holocaust Hermeneutic of Exile. 1. The Point of Confluence: Divine Vulnerability. 2. Divine Vulnerability in Process Theodicy. 3. Process Pneumatology through a Hermeneutic of Exile -- pt. III. The Spirit of God and the Problem of Eschatology. 5. Toward a Shekhinah Christology. A. Seven pneumatic Moments in the Apostolic Witness to Jesus. 1. Conception/Pre-Existence. 2. Baptism. 3. The Nazareth Sermon. 4. Defeat of Demons. 5. Transfiguration. 6. Crucifixion. 7. Resurrection. B. The Point of a Shekhinah Christology. 6. Eschatological Spirit in Creation, Covenant and History. A. Eschatology and Creation. B. Eschatology and Covenant. 1. In Israel. 2. In the Church. C. Eschatology and History. D. Eschatology and the Spirit

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